Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Central Library
Join us for Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories, a day of celebration for African American Heritage Month. The speakers, workshops, entertainment, and family activities will surely spark joy and insight.
This event is free and open to all, so bring your friends and family along for a day of celebration and learning.
2026 Inspiring Journeys Reading List
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Ablaze With Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
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American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
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Before 13th: A Graphic Novel
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
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Black History is Your History
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Ella Fitzgerald: The Official Graphic Novel
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Female, Gifted, and Black: Awesome Art and Literary Pioneers Who Changed the World
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Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
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Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's
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King: A Life
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L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles From the Great Depression to the Present
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
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Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
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Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era
Jefferson brings to life the stories of the Southern California leisure destinations that African Americans created and patronized during
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Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, and Community, 1850-1917
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No Crystal Stair: African-Americans in the City of Angels
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Poemhood: Our Black Revival
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Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer's View
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Surrounded: America's First School for Black Girls, 1832
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The ABCs of Black History
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The Coveted Westside: How the Black Homeowners' Rights Movement Shaped Modern Los Angeles
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The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop
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The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood
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Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
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We Now Belong to Ourselves: J.L. Edmonds, the Black Press, and Black Citizenship in America
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With Open Hands: A Story About Biddy Mason